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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the house where Maria has her abortion, what is the doctor's table NOT fitted with?
(a) Legs.
(b) Cushions.
(c) Stirrups.
(d) Drawers.

2. When Helene arrives at the hospital to see Maria as the novel opens, what is she told?
(a) That Maria is swimming.
(b) That Maria is sleeping.
(c) That Mrs. Wyeth has been discharged.
(d) That Mrs. Lang is resting.

3. Why does Maria dislike the first picture that Carter made with her?
(a) Because the girl on screen isn't Maria.
(b) Because the girl on screen doesn't look like her.
(c) Because the girl on screen had no knack for anything.
(d) Because the girl on screen is dead.

4. What is the plot of the second picture Carter made with Maria?
(a) A girl is raped by a motorcycle gang.
(b) A girl is abducted by a motorcycle gang.
(c) A girl is killed by a motorcycle gang.
(d) A girl runs off with a motorcycle gang.

5. Why is the volume of the movie that man watches in the next room where Maria has her abortion turned up?
(a) The dial is broken.
(b) Because the man is deaf.
(c) To drown out any screaming.
(d) So that she could hear it.

6. What is the name of the street where the doctor Maria went to see about the pregnancy practices?
(a) Hollywood.
(b) Wilshire.
(c) Melrose.
(d) Sunset.

7. What does Maria say to the baby after Carter warns her about the baby getting chilled?
(a) "Your father loves you."
(b) "Your father wants to talk to you."
(c) "Mommy will be right back."
(d) "Mommy will take care of it."

8. According to Helene, what is often true of selfish women?
(a) They don't smoke.
(b) They drink heavily.
(c) They don't put on weight.
(d) They drive very fast.

9. According to Maria, "_______always spoke on the telephone as if a spurious urgency could mask her radical lack of interest in talking to anyone."
(a) Felicia.
(b) Carlotta.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Helene.

10. Maria's mother ran her car off the highway outside of what town?
(a) Tacoma.
(b) Tonopah.
(c) Toledo.
(d) Topeka.

11. When Maria comes home from Freddy Chaikin's office what does she do instead of calling Les Goodwin?
(a) She calls Carter.
(b) She lies on Kate's bed.
(c) She lies by the pool.
(d) She watches the news.

12. According to Carter, when Maria responds to his statement about dining out, who continues to look directly at her?
(a) BZ.
(b) Helene.
(c) Carter.
(d) No one.

13. Why does Maria tell BZ that Larry Kulik is going to die in a barber chair?
(a) Because he told her that's the way he wanted to go.
(b) Because he will be killed by the gangsters he works for.
(c) Because she had a vision about it.
(d) Because he will collapse from being obese.

14. When BZ comes over, what does Maria ask him about Carter that he doesn't want to answer because he wants him to finish his picture?
(a) How much money he has spent on his mistress.
(b) Where he flew with his mistress to.
(c) If the woman he is sleeping with is the star of the picture.
(d) Who the woman he is sleeping with is.

15. At Anita Garson's party, what is the young girl Larry Kulik is watching doing?
(a) Sleeping on a couch.
(b) Eating in the kitchen.
(c) Swimming in the pool.
(d) Dancing on the terrace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maria eat and drink during her new pastime?

2. What does the receptionist at Freddy Chaikin's office tell Maria when she arrives without calling?

3. According to Maria, what object signifies that her new sleeping arrangement is just temporary?

4. What is the subject of Maria and the man's conversation as they drive to get her abortion?

5. What does BZ tell Maria about an actress who was admitted to UCLA Neuropsychiatric?

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